Comments on: Extreme Ankh-tionhttps://fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/
The Fathers of the ChurchSun, 11 Mar 2018 18:42:41 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.5By: Christinahttps://fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/comment-page-1/#comment-991744
Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:32:46 +0000http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/#comment-991744I so appreciate your sense of humor. Very funny. Very, Very funny. All I could think of though were your girls and how they probably don’t think the same way about Dad’s sense of humor!
]]>By: Kevin P. Edgecombhttps://fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/comment-page-1/#comment-991244
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:45:52 +0000http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/#comment-991244Yes, the ankh is the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic logogram for life. That is, the Egyptian word for life is actually ankh, and the symbol thus represents life iconographically. It’s everywhere in Egyptian art. You’ll often see the ankh being held to the lips of a pharaoh by a god, indicating such-and-such god has given life to such-and-such pharaoh. That the Copts appropriated the ankh for their form of the Cross is perfectly fitting, as it is, of course, the Lifegiving Cross.
]]>By: Mike Aquilinahttps://fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/comment-page-1/#comment-990702
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:20:29 +0000http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/#comment-990702Andy, you’ve started a new field: ankhology.
]]>By: Andy Owenshttps://fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/comment-page-1/#comment-990701
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:16:42 +0000http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/#comment-990701O my goodness … what have I started?????
]]>By: Mike Aquilinahttps://fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/comment-page-1/#comment-990693
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:23:00 +0000http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/#comment-990693I think you’re ankh to something, Bob.
]]>By: Bob Pegritzhttps://fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/comment-page-1/#comment-990692
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:19:36 +0000http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/09/15/extreme-ankh-tion/#comment-990692Isn’t “ankh) part of King Tut’s name? TutANKHamen? I heard that somewhere.